An Unusual Tuesday

Last night we stayed up at the library until almost 11 trying to put a little video tape of me teaching into digital format for my internship portfolio. (We went at 7 thinking it would take about 30 minutes...a nice family home evening activity...). That was unusual because we usually go to bed around 9. Then I woke up at 5 AM feeling awful. I started getting ready for work but decided to call in sick. So, I kissed Aaron goodbye as he took his bike to work, sent an email to one of my aides with plans for today and went back to sleep. Then at about 9:15 I heard a knock on the door and recognized Aaron's voice. Why was he home so early? He came in with crutches--his foot had been run over by his crew's truck! So we were both paid to spend a nice Tuesday at home taking care of each other.

During such a busy week, it is nice to have a little day off even if we are both a bit uncomfortable. It reminds me of a poem by Robert Frost:

The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree

Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.

Creations and Celebrations

Aaron made this amazing bookend out of polyurethane plastic using a silicon mold. Silicon forms to the exact shape and texture of the item you mold it around, so these look and feel like real books! Before making the mold we went to DI, bought some old books and the little cathedral ($2), then glued them together. We put clay along the edges of the books and carved in some classic titles: William Shakespeare, Gulliver's Travels, and Anthology of Poems. There was going to be an opposite bookend with the King James Bible, Paradise Lost, and Two Treatises on Government, but they said he could only make one mold because they were so big. It doubled as a project for Aaron's plastics class and history of creativity class!

We brought this desk from Wyoming. Aaron made it when he was young--isn't it nice? We like the drawer space!











Aaron also made these little plastic "Warhammer" dudes with silicon molds. They aren't painted in this picture, but he has since painted them to look like real life warhammer dudes. Once again, the mold gave them really nice detail. It's fun to have such a creative husband!





And what did I make? This tower out of Jenga blocks! I have also been working on finishing my internship portfolio, which is due this Thursday! I am excited to be finished with college!












Happy Birthday to Aaron! In February I made him his first Fletcher-style birthday chair (kind of boring with ribbon, but that means future years can only get better!) and Drollette-style biscuits and gravy.












Happy Birthday to Corinne! Aaron made me waffles with peach syrup (delicious!) for my birthday in March. He decorated with apples and the chair says "Happy birthday, my favorite teacher!" My class wrote me a cute card too, at the suggestion of my aides, who are so sweet. For both our birthdays we got great cards, gifts and calls from family.

We are so fortunate!